Anecdotes, Poetry, and Incidents of the War: North and South : 1860-1865subscribers, 1866 - 560 pages |
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... Yankees near , and so I was kind o ' off guard , eating peaches . By and by I saw a young woman coming down to where I ... Yankee lines , about twenty miles away . Her father came out and abused me like a thief , and told me that he was ...
... Yankees near , and so I was kind o ' off guard , eating peaches . By and by I saw a young woman coming down to where I ... Yankee lines , about twenty miles away . Her father came out and abused me like a thief , and told me that he was ...
Page 36
... Yankee fight , No skrimmage have I seen . To - morrow's sun will see a fight On Bull Run's banks , they say ; So there , my friend , we'll early go , All in a two - ' oss shay . I'll also take a saddle - horse To bear the 36 ANECDOTES ...
... Yankee fight , No skrimmage have I seen . To - morrow's sun will see a fight On Bull Run's banks , they say ; So there , my friend , we'll early go , All in a two - ' oss shay . I'll also take a saddle - horse To bear the 36 ANECDOTES ...
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... Yankee Doodle . ' He had ridden a mile or two , when at a turn of the road , he was suddenly ordered to halt . The ... Yankees , gave us horses through his lines , and good horses , and in three hours and a half we were inside our lines ...
... Yankee Doodle . ' He had ridden a mile or two , when at a turn of the road , he was suddenly ordered to halt . The ... Yankees , gave us horses through his lines , and good horses , and in three hours and a half we were inside our lines ...
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... Yankee lines , because they could take care of such a poor fellow better than he . A BRAVE FELLOW . In the Fort Henry gun- boat fight , in the explosion on the Essex , one of the seamen was shockingly scalded . His cloth- ing was at ...
... Yankee lines , because they could take care of such a poor fellow better than he . A BRAVE FELLOW . In the Fort Henry gun- boat fight , in the explosion on the Essex , one of the seamen was shockingly scalded . His cloth- ing was at ...
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... Yankee , if you try any more of them dodges , I'll souse this thing into yer gizzard . " Think of that , O ye tribe of brother quill- drivers ? The editor of this paper , the leading journal of the South , to be called a Yankee , and to ...
... Yankee , if you try any more of them dodges , I'll souse this thing into yer gizzard . " Think of that , O ye tribe of brother quill- drivers ? The editor of this paper , the leading journal of the South , to be called a Yankee , and to ...
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